Day 4: Mission to Mississippi 2007
Our last day of work - and we did work hard.
Today our team finished up several big-ish projects.
Keith & Josette's house:
Bob, Robbie, David and Tom (Rogers) worked hard carting concrete to the holes they had gotten inspected yesterday afternoon. The ground was soft so the cement truck couldn't back far enough to chute right to the first row of holes. The softness also didn't help the wheelbarrows. After emptying the holes of water, Bob and David made sure the cement was at the right level. The cement operator was very helpful and mentioned that our being here was making him consider going back to church. Keith and Josette offered to feed them crawdads and they stayed and enjoyed.
Cindy Ladner's house:
We worked hard to get the roof rafters up and had to improvise a bit. The sun beat down and took a lot out us, but we did get all the rafters up and started on the OMB sheeting. Fortunately, there is a framing crew coming tomorrow or Monday that will be able to catch up where we left off so the project will continue moving forward.
Bo's house:
The women painted, stained and painted some more. Bo came by to help and they did get much accomplished despite the humid (very humid) conditions.
Store/Warehouse Operations:
And part of our team continued to work hard with the free distribution warehouse and store. They've been working toward helping the Lakeshore people be able to get out of the gymnasium that they have been using as a warehouse. As well as continuously stocking shelves for the seemingly unending stream of customers.
Dinner:
We ate out at Las Palmas - a small Cuban restaurant not far from the church. Good food and lots of it.
Evening meeting:
We got together at 10pm to share again. We had just hanging out and chatting - I think some of it was sleep deprivation - but we have gotten comfortable enough with each other to just talk.
Leaving our mark:
I'll post a picture tomorrow or Monday of our mark, but Diana, Andrew and Raquel worked hard to provide something much larger than a t-shirt to leave our mark with.
Today our team finished up several big-ish projects.
Keith & Josette's house:
Bob, Robbie, David and Tom (Rogers) worked hard carting concrete to the holes they had gotten inspected yesterday afternoon. The ground was soft so the cement truck couldn't back far enough to chute right to the first row of holes. The softness also didn't help the wheelbarrows. After emptying the holes of water, Bob and David made sure the cement was at the right level. The cement operator was very helpful and mentioned that our being here was making him consider going back to church. Keith and Josette offered to feed them crawdads and they stayed and enjoyed.
Cindy Ladner's house:
We worked hard to get the roof rafters up and had to improvise a bit. The sun beat down and took a lot out us, but we did get all the rafters up and started on the OMB sheeting. Fortunately, there is a framing crew coming tomorrow or Monday that will be able to catch up where we left off so the project will continue moving forward.
Bo's house:
The women painted, stained and painted some more. Bo came by to help and they did get much accomplished despite the humid (very humid) conditions.
Store/Warehouse Operations:
And part of our team continued to work hard with the free distribution warehouse and store. They've been working toward helping the Lakeshore people be able to get out of the gymnasium that they have been using as a warehouse. As well as continuously stocking shelves for the seemingly unending stream of customers.
Dinner:
We ate out at Las Palmas - a small Cuban restaurant not far from the church. Good food and lots of it.
Evening meeting:
We got together at 10pm to share again. We had just hanging out and chatting - I think some of it was sleep deprivation - but we have gotten comfortable enough with each other to just talk.
Leaving our mark:
I'll post a picture tomorrow or Monday of our mark, but Diana, Andrew and Raquel worked hard to provide something much larger than a t-shirt to leave our mark with.
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